Champions League: Real Madid v Arsenal where to watch

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·16 avril 2025

Champions League: Real Madid v Arsenal where to watch

Real Madrid vs Arsenal: Champions League Quarter-Final Reaches Decisive Stage

Context defines challenge more than scoreline

Arsenal’s emphatic 3-0 first-leg win would usually be enough to settle a Champions League quarter-final. But this is Real Madrid, a club that reshapes the idea of probability and possibility under the lights of Europe. The Champions League is their domain — and no lead, no matter how commanding, is truly safe at the Bernabeu.

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Carlo Ancelotti’s side were stunned at the Emirates. Their rhythm was broken, their shape dismantled. Declan Rice’s two free-kicks were the highlight of a night where everything clicked for the Gunners, further enhanced by Mikel Merino’s goal. When Eduardo Camavinga was dismissed in stoppage time, it compounded a rare sense of helplessness for the 15-time European champions.

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Arsenal seek new chapter in Europe

There’s a wider context at play. Arsenal haven’t reached the semi-finals of the Champions League since 2009. For a side now built on strategy and sustainability, a deep European run would represent tangible progress. They go into this second leg with belief — and rightly so.

“Arsenal insist they have all the confidence and momentum necessary to go to Madrid and not only hold on to progress but win again.” That’s a bolder ambition than just containment. This is no longer a side that retreats from history, but one beginning to make its own.

Madrid remain Europe’s great escape artists

Still, Madrid linger. They edged past Alaves in La Liga with a narrow 1-0 win at the weekend — a match clouded by Kylian Mbappe’s red card but ultimately meaningless in this context. Ancelotti’s men are specialists in escapology. No one writes them off. That’s not how this competition works — especially not in this stadium.